1980s

On the occasion of Kevin DuBrow’s death, an anecdote: I used to work with the king of copy editors, A. He was perfect at his job: knew everything, meticulous, obstinate. A very nice guy outside of work also. He was slender and carried himself in an effeminate way, and had long brown hair parted in […]

I was looking in the garage for the computer monitor that was, in fact, right behind me. Larger versions available at flickr for those who want to read the little print with the names of all the crazy record stores, etc. And while in the garage I opened up a box of crap from the […]

They sell this as a Teen Wolf shirt, but I vividly remember a college classmate who was blessed with very large and beautiful breasts who wore this, and that was before that movie came out. She certainly enjoyed the triple-takes she got on Bruin Walk this way. http://founditemclothing.com/t-shirts/dicknose.html Oh, I still have an extra Romp […]

The 80s music video list that jwz posted today is, of course, a huge pile of crap, but there are some gems. The Art of Noise’s Paranoimia reminds me how much I loved Max Headroom, and how much Max Headroom is like odradak after a few glasses of wine. Being arty jerks, Bauhaus made great […]

My favorite insane cult from the 1980s is the CHURCH UNIVERSAL AND TRIUMPHANT, led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. Her books were in the weirdo section and I was always fascinated. There was something about St. Germain, and new Christian prophecies, and aliens, and everything. Like everyone else they had a compound. Theirs was by Yellowstone […]

Dennes Dale Boon died on this day in 1985. Some people like to remember John Lennon on his death day, for me it’s D. Boon and the end of the Minutemen. D. Boon was a fat guy in a uniquely weird punk band. He was a working class guy with a great mind and a […]